In this thesis I have attempted to explore flexibility of work outside the sectors which are most often associated with the concept of flexibility in ‘the new economy’, e.g. work in ICT-sectors. Through a case study of cleaners and cleaning work in Sweden I have attempted to discuss both how flexibility is represented and how consequences of flexibility can be understood in relation to experiences

Authors: Hanna Eklund & Jasmina Pajić Title: Introduction as a tool for successful integration. A study of how the introduction-programme of Lund municipality plays a role in the process of integration. [translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Anders Östnäs The main purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the significance of the introduction program in an individu

There is an idea that nations form the basis of identity. Through history the rulers have tried to connect the cultural identity of the population with the identity the state is supporting, in order to further legitimize their ruling. This has constructed a conception of cultural homogeneity within a country, which in these modern years becomes more and more problematic with flows of migration. We

The regional level in Sweden has traditionally been characterized as extremely weak in comparison to the more powerful national and local levels. Some scholars even go so far as to say that the regional level in Sweden is merely a tool of the government. When the law on structural funding partnerships was established it hence seemed as if something new had been established on the Swedish political

Women are not sentenced in the same extent as men and are clearly underrepresented in criminal statistics. Criminal men have therefore come to function as the norm within the correctional system and female criminality is neglected within the field of research. The aim of this study was to examine how probation managers construct women’s crime and women offenders. The study was based on a qualitati

This essay is about the “forest finns” in Sweden. That is a well known conception when you talk about the extensive immigration of a finish population to Norway and Sweden during the 17th and 18th century. They colonized the big, unoccupied forests in the middle and northern parts of Sweden. The topic for this text is religion and folklore among the finish immigrants. In different historic source

Studien grundar sig i kroppens betydelse och roll för individens identitetsskapande. Främst fokuserar den på musklernas betydelse i denna process. Mitt intresse för ämnet har sitt ursprung i samhällets minskade behov av muskelmassa som står i kontrast till gym fyllda av personer som söker en muskulös och stark kropp. Vad är det som lockar människor att bygga en muskulös och kraftfull kropp idag oc

This study examines how Norway, through development cooperation with Bangladesh, complies with and implements the CRC’s article 28 and 29: The Right to Free Universal Education,. Examples are from cooperation with two NGOs in Bangladesh; the BRAC and YWCA of Bangladesh, which provides primary education programmes with support from Norway. I conducted fieldwork both in Bangladesh and in Norway, whe

This paper aims to explain how one can understand changes in Swedish migration policy over the last 50 years. The thesis is that changes in migration policy can be derived from changes in ideas of how the world is percepted. In the paper a neo-institutional theory of ideas is used to explain how changes in perception effects changes in public policy. The paper focuses partly on perceptions of what

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och öka förståelsen kring relationen mellan medelstora reklambyråer och deras uppdragsgivare samt hur informationsflödet dem emellan påverkar byråns möjlighet att producera ett utfall med hög kreativitet. Med en induktiv fallstudie där vi genomfört kvalitativa djupintervjuer. Vi har noggrant valt ut fyra person med olika befattningspositioner från två rekl

Studiens syfte var att undersöka den påverkan 15 minuters självständig daglig träning i mindfulness har på upplevd medveten närvaro, ohälsa och välbefinnande. Undersökningen utfördes under 30 dagar på 28 psykologstudenter. En experimentgrupp utan teoretisk introduktion till begreppet medveten närvaro genomförde övningar som fokuserade på att använda sin uppmärksamhet avsiktligt, nyfiket och icke-d

The use of CFD-models as an engineering tool for fire based analytical design of buildings has increased over the last few years. The reason for this is partly that the legislation allows for analytical dimensioning but also because the legislation demands a high degree of verification for the analytical dimensioning. The biggest reason is, however, that the computer power has increased and reache

Studien tar avstamp i det komplexa och invecklade förhållandet mellan sociala rörelser och medier. Medan medierna är en del av det etablerade samhället är de sociala rörelserna politiska aktörer som önskar utrymme i medierna för att deklarera politiska strategier och på så vis nå fram till mottagarna och senare bilda opinion. Mer detaljerat fokuserar studien på den mediala framställningen av Euro